Next week marks 250 years since Connecticut's Nathan Hale was executed by British soldiers. This hour we look back at the life of Nathan Hale, and the local historian who kept his legacy alive. Plus, we'll learn about spying during the Revolutionary War, and discover another Connecticut spy who escaped Hale's fate.

GUESTS:

• Alexander Rose: Author of books including Washington's Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring. His last two books have been on American secret intelligence. He is also a writer and producer on the television series Turn: Washington’s Spies
• Michael Morand: Director of Community Engagement at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. He is also the City Historian of the City of New Haven
• Claire Bellerjeau: Co-author of Espionage and Enslavement in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth and the founder of Remember Liss, a nonprofit sharing this story in schools and communities

Music featured (in order):

• The Girl I Left Behind Me – The Norman Luboff Choir
• Hush – Joy Williams & Matt Berninger (Theme to the AMC Original Series “Turn”)
• Spies – Coldplay
• My Love Is Like a Red, Red Rose – Wendy Weatherby
• Miller and the Lass – Eliza Carthy
• Turpin Hero – Colin Meloy